Butte County Fire Department is the largest fire department north of Sacramento, California to Eugene, Oregon. We are a combination of career and citizen volunteer firefighters.

Our Mission: "To provide professional services to protect lives, property, and environment to those residing, working or traveling with in the unincorporated areas of Butte County, the cities of Biggs and Gridley and the Town of Paradise."

Residential Burning Guidelines for Butte County

It must be a permissive burn day, burn day status is determined by Butte County Air Quality Management District for all areas of Butte County, call 530-332-9407 or toll free 1-855-332-9407. A BC Air Quality Management Permit is not required for residential burning.

Residential Burning in the Unincorporated Areas of Butte County

Permits Required May 1st – June 31st, typical burn suspension on July 1st each year

Burn hours are 6:00 am to 11:00 am each permissive burn day

4’ x 4’ pile maximum size

10’ clearance to soil surrounding pile

Adult must be in attendance

Must have means to extinguish pile: garden hose, bucket of water or tool

Only vegetative waste grown on property may be burned, vegetation must be dry

No Permit Required Nov 1 – April 30th each year

Burn hours are 8:45 am to 1 hour before sunset. Burn day status is available at 8:30 am each day.

If the homeowner lives on a lot equal to or less than 1 acre, burn piles can only be 4’ x 4’ in size. Lots larger than 1 acre can have burn piles larger than 4’ x 4’ in size.

Residential Burningin the Upper Ridge/Magalia

Burning is allowed in the Upper Ridge/Magalia Area on all lots greater than one acre in size on any permissive burn day.

Burning on a lot less than one acre in size shall only be conducted by zone January – June each year

North of Wycliff Way/Perry Road the 1st through the 15thof each month

South of Wycliff way/Perry Road the 16th through the end of each permissible month

Residential Burning in the Town of Paradise

Within the Town of Paradise burn permits are required and must be purchased at Station 81. Burning is allowable the months of March, April, May and one month in the fall of each year: